What working in jewellery didn’t give me was the feeling that I was making a real difference in the lives of other people. It was far from providing what people need to live better lives in the way a set of new teeth can:

Saudi Arabia to immerse myself in Arabic and Arab culture, learning Arabic more formally with teachers in Toronto, staying in Pakistan to get better at Urdu, volunteering back in TO/ Skyping with friends to practice American Sign Language, Spain to speak Spanish, Paris to work on my French